The English Contact Karate Association is a Karate/Kickboxing organisation with over 100 well-established academies. All instructors are Black belts with governing body qualifications. Instructors hold regular gradings normally at tri monthly intervals. The organisation is responsible for numerous karate and full contact champions. The ECKA teaches both full and semi contact fighting and holds regular competitions as well as holding their National Championships every year. In grade order ECKA follows this belt colour hierarchy: Red, White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Blue, Brown, 1st Kyū, and finally Black. ECKA is a member of the English Karate Federation, a member of the World Karate Federation.